Chandigarh, Dec. 24 -- In order to provide quality treatment and diagnostic facilities to the people in the medical colleges, chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday ordered immediate release of Rs.69 crore for premier medical colleges of the state for treatment and diagnostic facilities. Chairing a review meeting of the Medical Education and Research Department here, Mann said, "Augmenting the facilities in these medical colleges of the state was the need of the hour to ensure quality treatment and diagnostic facilities to the people".

"To equip these medical colleges with hi-end and world class machinery is imperative so that they can serve the patients in a better manner," he said.

The chief minister asked the medical education depar...